diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/packaging-oci-image.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/packaging-oci-image.adoc
index e4c02f553b83..38f3d6cc6dc3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/packaging-oci-image.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/asciidoc/packaging-oci-image.adoc
@@ -357,6 +357,25 @@ The `publish` option can be specified on the command line as well, as shown in t
 	$ mvn spring-boot:build-image -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=docker.example.com/library/my-app:v1 -Dspring-boot.build-image.publish=true
 ----
 
+When using the `publish` option on the command line with authentication, you can provide credentials using properties as in this example:
+
+[indent=0]
+----
+	$ mvn spring-boot:build-image \
+          -Ddocker.publishRegistry.username=user \
+          -Ddocker.publishRegistry.password=secret \
+          -Ddocker.publishRegistry.url=docker.example.com \
+          -Dspring-boot.build-image.publish=true \
+          -Dspring-boot.build-image.imageName=docker.example.com/library/my-app:v1
+----
+
+and reference the properties in the XML configuration:
+
+[source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,attributes",tabsize=4]
+----
+include::../maven/packaging-oci-image/docker-pom-authentication-command-line.xml[tags=docker]
+----
+
 [[build-image.examples.caches]]
 === Builder Cache Configuration
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/maven/packaging-oci-image/docker-pom-authentication-command-line.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/maven/packaging-oci-image/docker-pom-authentication-command-line.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd688ea0b237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/docs/maven/packaging-oci-image/docker-pom-authentication-command-line.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- tag::docker[] -->
+<project>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<docker>
+						<publishRegistry>
+							<url>${docker.publishRegistry.url}</url>
+							<username>${docker.publishRegistry.username}</username>
+							<password>${docker.publishRegistry.password}</password>
+						</publishRegistry>
+					</docker>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
+<!-- end::docker[] -->
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